T-Mobile introducing first Android-based mobile handset (live)

T-Mobile is currently holding a press conference to introduce the first mobile phone based on Google's open Android platform.

A Live Feed of the event is available. This article will be updated with notes of interest from the presentation.

Notes of interest

Since Android is an open platform that's extensible by individual developers, Google believes Android phones will be "future proof."

The United States leads the world in voice and text message consumption, yet internet penetrations still lags. Today Google, HTC and T-Mobile are looking to "change all that" with the G1 —the first Android-based mobile handset.

Some of the G1's interface features:

Long press on touch screen to open up new features or delve deeper into features.